Chapter Seven
Wade
Striding through the staff kitchen at the lodge, I paused beside the coffee pot. After rinsing my travel mug in the sink, I filled it with coffee and a dash of cream. As I turned, Dani came through the doorway from the back hall where her office was. Her arms were piled high with a massive stack of the white dish towels they went through like crazy in the kitchen.
I was mid-sip when I looked over, my gaze colliding with hers across the room. Even from a good twenty feet away, my body reacted. It felt as if a live wire was suspended in the air between us.
I’d spent the last two nights tossing and turning. I was sleepy and irritable. I was also most definitely wondering why I had to go and be the bigger person in my mind and tell her that we had to talk before I let th
